Saw attachment



(No Model.)

B. MeLANE. SAW ATTACHMENT.

Patented Sept. 18, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REED MCLANE, OF KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA.

SAW ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,255, datedSeptember 18, 1894.

Application filed April 23,1894. Serial No. 508,690. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REED MGLANE, of Kissimmee, in the county of Osceolaand State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Saw Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to an improved saw attachment; and the object ofthe sameis to provide an improved device for supporting and guiding oneend of a cross cutsaw in felling timber and thereby saving the expenseof one man by enabling a single hand to do the work of two.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafterfully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure-l is a perspective View of my device inposition just after the operation of felling has been commenced. Fig. 2is a similar view of the same nearly completed. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the device.

A designates a wedge 0r spike which is driven into the tree and boltedthereto is the angle iron'B to which is secured the longitudinal springarm 0 which extends at right angles to the wedge as shown. A plate D isslotted vertically and adjustable on the outer end of the spring beingsecured thereto by the clamping screws E. Integral with this plate andextended at an angle therefrom is the bifurcated arm F having at itsinnerend the roller G. This arm supports the saw as shown, the backthereof playing back and forth on the roller, while the same isadjustable vertically in order that the saw may clear the wedge withoutpinching in the guiding arm.

The operation of the device is fully illustrated in the drawings, and byits use the felling of timber by one man is rendered easy andconvenient.

The spring arm holds the saw to its work, yet it yields sufficiently toprevent too hard a drag on the operator.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- 1. An improved sawattachment comprising wedge A, spring arm 0 secured directly to thewedge, and a saw guide carried by the outer end of said spring arm,substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved saw attachment comprisinga spring arm and a means forsecuring one end thereof to a tree, and an. adjustable saw guide on theopposite end of the arm, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. REED MOLANE. Witnesses:

J. M. WILLsON, Jr., M. KATZ.

